Props for Bryant Terry’s The Inspired Vegan
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“Bryant Terry is a culinary muse unlike any other. Of course, this book is filled with delicious, unexpected and exciting recipes. But they’re seasoned with uplifting history, powerful music, beautiful ideas, sweet memories and deep compassion. Bryant’s great gift is to reconnect us with the radical joy that food brings, making inspired vegans out of us all.”
—Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing and Stuffed and Starved.
“As a working writer, I’ve long favored a diet of bottom-shelf tequila, fried leftover pizza, and packets of powdered monosodium glutamate. When I meet vegans, I tend to think about how they’d taste sautéed in butter. But Bryant Terry’s funky, flavorful cuisine has changed all that. This man is remixing our diets – he’s the Pete Rock of collard greens. This is more than a cookbook; it’s a call to action, a recipe for a more just and delectable world.”
—Adam Mansbach, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Go the Fuck to Sleep
“Bryant Terry’s recipes manage the impossible: everyday cooking that is approachable and homey, yet always creative, flavorful and never mundane.”
—Isa Chandra Moskowitz, coauthor of Veganomicon
“Bryant Terry has crafted a cuisine that is vivid, colorful, and uniquely American. He seamlessly blends the food traditions of the African diaspora with the farm-to-table freshness of Northern California. Sweet and sensuous, rich and refreshing, his mouthwatering dishes jump off the page.”
—Louisa Shafia, chef and author of Lucid Food: Cooking for an Eco-Conscious Life
“I stopped by Bryant Terry’s place in Oakland when he was writing The Inspired Vegan. I found greens in the garden, something delicious in the kitchen, and in him, an inspiring commitment to bettering the world by bringing people together around soulful food. Reading this book is like spending the afternoon with him all over again.”
—Josh Viertel, president, Slow Food USA
“In The Inspired Vegan, Bryant Terry’s exuberant, healthful, and playful re-mix of African American, West African, Chinese, and other cultural cuisines is deftly matched by his bold progressive thinking and storytelling.”
—Didi Emmons, chef and author of Wild Flavors
“The Inspired Vegan is like a personal journal where readers get an intimate perspective into Bryant’s inspired world. He strives to build awareness, culture, and community through food and this latest book does so in a simply delicious manner.”
—Aida Mollenkamp, Food Writer and Chef
“The Inspired Vegan is incredibly dope. This beautiful book not only changes the way we see and taste food, it changes the way we see and taste the world. The Inspired Vegan, like gumbo, is a delicious collage of ingredients: recipes, art, culture, inspiration, and social change. Enlightening, uplifting, and hungering, The Inspired Vegan is a must read and a must taste.”
—MK Asante, author, filmmaker, professor
“The Inspired Vegan melts my heart. I’m in love with Terry’s beautifully crafted book, and readers will enjoy healthful and tasty treats, such as Sweet Potato-Cornmeal Drop Biscuits (to the tune of “Steal Away” by Mahalia Jackson), and agave-sweetened Mexican Chocolate Pudding, inspired by Cynthia Well’s Colores de la Vida. This book will stay on your kitchen shelves for years.”
—A. Breeze Harper, The Sistah Vegan Project
